Zion Lace case receivership declares undue influence by Dowie
Judge Tuley orders a receivership for Zion Lace Industries and to appoint Elmer Washburn as receiver with a bond of $700,000. The decision roots Dowie’s alleged undue influence over Samuel Stevenson, notes Stevenson’s entitlement to at least $100,000, and signals a further hearing to clarify remaining points. Dowie may appeal.
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Chicago
Tuley
Zion Lace Industries
Elmer Washburn
Samuel Stevenson
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Stevenson
Zion
Flija
Packard
Repeal War Tax to Trim Nation’s Revenue Bill
Washington Jan 31 The house ways and means committee approves a bill repealing Spanish war revenue taxes except mixed flour with July 1 1902 start and tea tax delayed till Jan 1 1903 to let dealers dispose of stock The plan saves about 77 million annually and restores prewar rates on tobacco cigars and fermented liquor Newlands and Richard son amendments defeated on party lines
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Washington
House Committee of Ways and Means
Payne
Newlands
Richard
Jrust
Newland
House Protests Tawney Resolution Passes
Washington February 1 The Ways and Means Committee ordered to investigate if treaty power can negotiate reciprocity treaties affecting customs revenues without congressional action. The Tawney resolution was adopted to defend the House prerogatives and set inquiry. The oleomargarine bill was made a special order for Monday, session to discuss and dispose of it, adopted 132 to 71 after a roll call.
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Washington
House
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Tawney
Ways and Means
Congress
Underwood
Dem
Ala
Daizell
Moody
Mass
Dal
Zell
Mr. Dalzell
Burglars Killed In Gallipolis Ambush
In Gallipolis Ohio on January 31 two noted burglars Harvey Williams and John Lysle were killed after a raid on widow Mary Priest’s home. Deputy Sheriff W S Mannering was badly wounded and Marshal Peter Fritzenwald of Athens was likely fatally wounded as Athens officers and local authorities confronted the burglars. The gang had led a spree of break ins in the area.
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Gallipolis
W. S. Mannering
Peter Fritzenwald
Athens
Mary Priest
Harvey Williams
John Lysle
Lamb heads to Minneapolis to push Northern Securities cases
George Alfred Lamb, attorney for the two suits against the Northern Securities company, travels to Minneapolis to conduct hearings in the Powers case next week. He plans to examine President Hill on Wednesday and to appoint a commissioner to question J P Morgan and other financiers involved in the merger. He expects the US Supreme Court to lack jurisdiction and says the matter will be pursued in state courts.
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New York
George Alfred Lamb
The
Northern Securities Company
Minneapolis
Powers
Lamb
President Hill
Great Northern
J. P. Morgan
United States Supreme Court
Officers in Pursuit of Cooperstown Fugitives
Pittsburg dispatch reports officers are pursuing two men and a woman believed to be the Biddles and Mrs. Soffel after they stole a sleigh in Cooperstown and fled toward Saxonburg. If these fugitives are not the right parties, authorities expect to hear from Mrs. Soffel soon. She is described as intensely emotional and impulsive and has a history of leaving home in mel- ancholy fits to reappear abruptly, with remorse expected to follow.
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Pittsburg
Cooperstown
Say
English Expert Ann Investigates South Boundary Dispute
Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdies, an English geographical expert appointed by the British government, has begun surveys in South America to study the Argentina Chile boundary question. He will work independently, receiving no suggestions from either commission.
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London
Jar
Thomas Hungerford Holdies
Argentina
Chili
South America
Bentley Given Sixty Days For Contempt In Chicago Case
Judge in criminal court sentences John F. Bentley of the firm Bent ley Murray & Co to sixty days in county jail for contempt after refusing to produce the firm books before a grand jury. The inquiry targets scandals in South Chicago town management and a town printing contract for 1900.
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Chicago
Bentley
May End Negotiations Over South Africa Peace Efforts
London reports that Britain has dispatched a reply to the Dutch note on ending the South African war. The Dutch proposal to send Boer delegates Wessels Wolmarans and Fischer to persuade surrender is under consideration. Britain keeps its response noncommittal while signaling doubts about delegates commanding field burghers.
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London
South Africa
Hague
Associated Press
Wessels
Wolmarans
Fischer
Europe
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Senate Ratifies Treaties with Denmark Belgium and Guatemala
The senate in executive session ratified extradition treaties with Denmark and Belgium and a treaty on descent of property between the United States and Guatemala.
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Washington
Senate
Denmark
Belgium
United States
Guatemala
Payne Denies Linking War Taxes to Cuban Reciprocity
Washington February 1 Chairman Payne of the House Ways and Means Committee says reports tying the war tax cut to Cuban reciprocity are unfounded. He emphasizes no vote or consensus exists on Cuban reciprocity and the tax bill will be considered separately.
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Washington
L’ayne
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Cuba
Senate Adopts Inquiry Into Indian Leases
Washington February 1 the senate adopted a resolution offered by Mr Rawlins Utah for a general inquiry by the committee on Indian affairs into leasing of mineral lands by Indians the Interior Department's approving authority and the involvement of government officials in such leases.
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Washington
Senate
Rawlins
Utah
Committee On Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Fire orders end standing room only signs in theaters
Fire Commissioner Sturgis issues orders to abolish the standing room only sign in New York theaters. The enforcement of the statute forbidding standing in aisles or passageways in public places of amusement will be carried out by fire captains.
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New York
Sturgis
New York Theatres
Schleys Spend a Quiet Day in Louisville
Admiral Schley and his wife spent a quiet day in Louisville at the home of Marion S. Taylor, president of the Louisville board of trade. After two days of activity they rested, with only a few callers at the Taylor residence.
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Schleys
Louisville
Admiral Schley
Marion S. Taylor
Louisville Board of Trade
Taylor
Court orders Eureka Silk receivers to auction March 3
United States circuit court decrees receivers Theophilus King William H. Barnard and Edmonds Putney must sell Eureka Silk company property and assets at public auction in Boston on March 3.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court
Theophilus King
William H. Barnard
Edmonds Putney
Eureka Silk Company
Adam and Eve Story Reframed as Forbidden Fruit Lesson
A compact paraphrase focuses on Adam and Eve choosing forbidden fruit and the logic of why the act occurred. It suggests the error lay in not forbidding the serpent, implying that avoiding the serpent would have prevented the temptation and the fall.
Siparage Difference Between a Dog and a Man
A fragment notes a saying about the difference between a dog and a man. It suggests a starving dog turned prosperous may bite, illustrating a cautionary view of loyalty and change.
Peculiar Stock Warnings Mark October as Risky Month
A newspaper note lists October among the months deemed peculiarly dangerous for stock speculation, grouping it with July January September August December February April March June November and May. The list emphasizes caution across all months rather than a single event or date.
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Alife E. Casebier
Crawford, Dawes Co
Neb
Golden Medical
Bertha Peters
Lulu, Monroe Co
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Phsician
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical di
Huron
Masury
the News Department
C. H. Longstaff
D. O. Root
Kimball Piano
House Committee
Bown
Customs Revenues
Tawney Resolution
Oleo
Der
Business
Ohio
Hill
Grand Jury
Carp Thede
Hays
Eter
Addrees
Hawks Nursery Company
Milwaukee
Wis
C. U.S
Castoria
DeWarr & Co
Arch
DB. Kline
St. Vites
Mleine
Nadelphia
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